Site of former abandoned KFC in Toronto is a step closer to becoming park
A long-awaited park at the corner of Queen Street West and Augusta Avenue is inching closer to reality after years of planning The City of Toronto is preparing to host a public open house this week where local residents and community members can review design concepts for the future park. City staff say the project has already received in...
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/03/site-former-abandoned-kfc-toronto-step-park/

#NCP

This Hartmut Esslinger flip phone concept piece done for Apple in 1983/1984 is making the rounds on social media.

Many are showing a certain sense of naïveté, claiming it's fake, or AI generated, or impossible because of cell phone tech of the era, or Apple was way ahead of their time. Some even wonder where the screen is.

Folks. People. This is a prototype of a CORDLESS HOME PHONE, not a cell phone or a smartphone.

Just a few years later, Panasonic brought the concept to life and actually sold a tiny, pocketable CORDLESS flip phone. My dad owned one of them in 1988. So Esslinger's concept was definitely do-able.

#apple #designconcepts #flipphone #cordlessphone

Guelph to host pop-up event on waste collection
Three new designs are being considered for a new waste collection system.
#globalnews #Canada #CityofGuelph #designconcepts #DowntownWasteWorkingGroup
https://globalnews.ca/news/9899412/guelph-pop-up-event-waste-collection/
Guelph to host pop-up event on waste collection

Three new designs are being considered for a new waste collection system.

Global News

Does anyone here use Daniel Jackson’s #Alloytools or #softwaredesignconcepts ?

I’m fascinated by both but have yet to use them.

#alloy #designconcepts